Mozart
Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol. 8 (Chandos)
Bavouzet and Takács-Nagy are an ideal partnership in demonstrating the zest, eloquence and operatic underpinning of Mozart’s piano concertos [MG]
Déjà-rêvé – Dialogues across time (Audite)
Klavierduo Neeb debuts in attractive disc of two-piano works, with an assist from percussion friends [JH]
Mozart: Don Juan (Narodowy Institut Fryderyka Chopin)
A fine performance of an oddball Bizet curiosity, but Mozart’s orchestration and vocal variety are sorely missed [MZ]
Frederick Stock (conductor) Chicago Symphony, Vol 3 (Pristine Audio)
Further evidence that Stock was an exceptionally able conductor [JW]
Mischa Elman (violin) plays Mozart and Paganini (Biddulph)
RCA LPs restored, showing Elman schmoozing his way through Mozart and encore trinkets [JW]
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Complete Acoustic & Selected Electric Recordings (APR)
A wonderful completion of APR’s series exploring Backhaus’ exciting early recording career [RCh]
Mozart and the Organ (LAWO Classics)
A rewarding disc which brings together early and late Mozart [GPu]
Mozart: The Violin Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon)
Stylish renditions that open the windows on these heart-warming scores [SG]
The Paris Opera 1900-1960 (Malibran Music)
Ten very well-filled discs documenting six glorious decades at the Paris Opera [RMo]
Mozart: Piano Sonatas (Hyperion)
Immaculate performances of delightful works [SB]
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 24 & 25 (Chandos)
Bavouzet’s prolific ornamentation mars the poignancy of K491’s slow movement; but the edginess created in K503’s finale is revelatory [MG]
Mozart: Haffner Symphony, Paris Symphony, Oboe Concerto (Pentatone)
An auspicious start to a period-instrument series of Mozart symphonies [DF]
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Opus Arte)
The singing doesn’t quite match the wonderful staging [DJB]
Mozart: The Piano Quartets (Chandos)
Fine playing, but the interpretations are a matter of personal taste [PBW]
Karajan – The Early Lucerne Years (Audite)
Karajan in Lucerne in largely unreleased performances [JW]
Mozart and his Europe (Genuin)
A beautiful tone and natural, unmannered playing and flexibility of phrasing [RCh]
Mozart: Piano Concerti No. 15-17 (Alpha Classics)
Sparkling and exuberant playing makes the most of these three Viennese concerti [RCh]
Wendling Quartet: DG and Electrola Recordings (Biddulph)
An important cache of early chamber music recordings heard in debatable transfers [JW]
Sarah Willis (Horn) Mozart y Mambo (Alpha Classics)
A riotously enjoyable disc, the third in the amazing Sarah Willis’s series featuring Mozart Cuban-style [GPJ]
Mozart: Symphonies No. 34-36 (Hänssler Classic)
Played with sincerity, but the competition is fierce [MC]
Mozart: Piano Concertos (SWR Classic)
Michelangeli’s Mozart at its most ebullient, masculine and human [JW]
Haydn & Mozart: Symphonies (Pristine Classical)
Horenstein’s Haydn and Mozart pack quite a punch [MG]
Mozart: Concertos; Voříšek: Symphony (Supraphon)
(Déjà Review) More great music-making from the Ančerl Gold Series [DS]
Mozart: Symphonies 39-41 (BR Klassik)
These performances do not quite achieve the vitality and focus of my benchmarks [MC]
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